Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31398341-20170409101440/@comment-31398341-20170927063809

Endebros wrote: Doublade works much better than dusclops due to how it has a much higher defense stat than dusclops, as well as more HP. It can also utilize swords dance + shadow sneak to deal high amounts of damage.

Calcs:

+2 252+ Atk Doublade Shadow Claw vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Aegislash-Shield: 168-198 (100.5 - 118.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO

+2 252+ Atk Doublade Iron Head vs. 228 HP / 252+ Def Shuckle: 104-126 (83.8 - 101.6%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO

+2 252+ Atk Doublade Iron Head vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Amoonguss: 120-142 (54.2 - 64.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Doublade tanks physical attacks with ease thanks to it's effective base 225 defense stat after eviolite.

252+ Atk Scrafty Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Doublade: 50-62 (30.1 - 37.3%) -- 76.4% chance to 3HKO

200+ Atk Aegislash-Blade Shadow Claw vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Doublade: 42-50 (25.3 - 30.1%) -- guaranteed 4HKO

252 Atk Mega Absol Sucker Punch vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Doublade: 50-60 (30.1 - 36.1%) -- 24.3% chance to 3HKO

Note that all calculated attacks on doublade are both super-effective STAB attacks and are used by very powerful attacking threats.

Doublade: C+ >>>>>>>>>>> B+ You inserted 252+ Atk, 252 HP and 252 Def+ in one pokemon, which is impossible.

There is only little to few niches that Doublade has over Aegislash. Despite being a good pokemon, it is severely outclassed. Not to mention that special attacking / mixed attacker Aegislash exists. There are very few pokemon that Doublade can check and Aegislash can't.